Cold.

Recent times.

That is, from the moment the results of the battle of Daxingzhuang came.

Huang Taiji felt cold all over.

It's like the cold that came out of an ice cave.

On the same day, he lost five or six pounds, his head was gray by half, and the whole person withered, and the essence and ambition in his eyes disappeared, only endless turbidity and decay.

As if crushed by something, he no longer had the confidence and fighting spirit he once had.

Defeated.

Because the elite of the Eight Banners Headquarters was defeated.

The 20,000 Manchu Jurchen elite failed to destroy the 8,000-strong Xu family's army, not to mention that they themselves lost 18,000, almost annihilating the entire army.

If this is just an ordinary fiasco, even if the casualties are large, Huang Taiji can accept it, after all, there are still more than 40,000 elites in his clan, and the foundation is still there, and he can recover after more than ten years of recuperation.

But the way of defeat made him unacceptable, and he couldn't find any excuse to hypnotize himself.

Hand-to-hand combat.

The elite of the Eight Banners Headquarters lost in hand-to-hand combat, and their own strength advantage was three or four times that of their own, but they were beaten in melee combat, and they were defeated!

If the firearm is inferior to the human and loses to the firearm, it is acceptable.

If the number of troops is not superior, and the opponent fights more and less, and loses due to insufficient numbers, it is also acceptable.

As a result, in the elite of the Eight Banners, who are the best at it, the most proud, and consider themselves invincible in the world, they lost completely, and the Xu family army was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

How did Huang Taiji find an excuse to persuade and comfort himself?

The Xu family army, which is only 8,000, does not rely on the benefits of firearms, just hand-to-hand combat, can defeat the elite of the 80,000 Eight Banners Headquarters, what if the Xu family army uses a large number of firearms? What if the Xu family army sent more troops, such as 20,000 or 30,000 people, to fight against Dajin and attack the land of Liaodong? What did the Eight Banners use to resist the Xu family's army, would it be useful for the whole clan to be soldiers?

No matter how he conceived it, Huang Taiji could only come to an extremely desperate conclusion, and he couldn't see the slightest possibility of defeating the Xu family's army.

Because the most important pillar of faith in his heart has been broken, and there is no way to deceive himself.

So what's next?

Remove.

Withdraw immediately! Back to Liaodong, the idea of never entering the pass in the future, never crossed the Great Wall half a step again.

But it's not okay to run away in a hurry!

The news of the defeat of the elite of the headquarters must not be disseminated, and must be kept strictly confidential.

In particular, it cannot be known by the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han army, otherwise there will be a big chaos, because the number of these vassal forces exceeds 100,000, which is much more than the Eight Banners Headquarters.

can only release false information internally, saying that the Xu family silver armor army has been defeated and annihilated, but there are only a few casualties, and there are more and more Qinwang troops in the Ming Dynasty, and it will be very dangerous to continue to stay.

"Okay, I've grabbed enough this time, I can go back."

"It's okay not to fight, it's okay not to fight."

"Daming's flowery country, it is not to eliminate a few Qinwang armies to sit on, or to take it step by step, it is better to weaken slowly, and it is the best weak plan to grab it once a year."

"Go back, go back! Winter is coming soon, and the road is difficult to walk when it snows. ”

The decision to retreat was supported by the vast majority of the Mongols and the Han army, or rather, it was exactly what they wanted, because they had gained a lot and their pockets were full, and now they did not have much will to fight, and they only wanted to go back as soon as possible, settle down in their pockets, and share the fruits with their families.

But they will not realize that the moment the decision to retreat is made, they are reduced to outcasts.

There were still more than 40,000 people left in the Eight Banners Headquarters, and they ran to the front with the most valuable belongings at the fastest speed.

The Mongolian Eight Banners in the back and the Han army, although they sensed that something was not right, but the speed just couldn't get up.

The grain in the cart was too bulky, but it could not be thrown away, and the grain had to be taken to Liaodong, which was short of food, to eat.

The captured Han woman with small feet walked slowly, but she was too beautiful to be allowed or killed, and she had to be brought back as a concubine on the warm kang.

There are also cattle and sheep and other livestock, which are important assets, and it is really difficult to give them up, so they must be taken away.

As for going slower, let's go slower, those cowardly and cowardly troops of the Ming Dynasty don't even dare to go out of the city to fight, do they dare to catch up?

So it took a slow walk to October 5th.

The total moving distance is less than 100 miles, and even Changping has not walked out.

Until the army looked from a distance, it felt that the extremely elite imperial army was surrounded from all sides.

Inside, there was the Xujiazhuang Silver Armor Army, which was armed with a horse chopping knife and was said to have been annihilated by the elite of the Eight Banners Headquarters, which not only appeared again today, but also did not significantly decrease in numbers.

In addition, there are very elite Guanning cavalry, which also numbers more than 10,000 people, much more than the number of Mongolian cavalry left behind on their side.

Inside the Changping logistics camp.

Standing on top of a wooden building.

Tong Yangzhen, the leader of the Han army, looked at all this with a pale face.

In fact, the moment the Xu family's silver armor army appeared again, he knew that he had been deceived, and he was tricked by Huang Taiji and them, and became an outcast to help their palace.

The Xu family's silver armor army was not defeated at all, but it was the elite of the Eight Banners Headquarters who returned with a fiasco!

Otherwise, Huang Taiji and the others would not have hastily announced their retreat and ran the fastest.

"Go and tell Geng Ge (Mongolian general), Zu Dashou, Shang Kexi and them, get ready for battle, we have to fight a bloody battle!"

Tong Yangzhen ordered that if you don't fight to the death today, no one will want to return to Liaodong.

"Oh no!"

A soldier came over in a panic and said: "General, Zu Dashou and Shang Kexi announced that they had suddenly rebelled, they were attacking and killing the Mongols, and they were about to kill here!" ”

Tong Yang was really shocked, and immediately heard the chaos in the camp, shouting and killing.

Tens of thousands of imperial army outside also began to charge, killed, under the internal and external attacks, even the hardcore loyalty to the Houjin subordinate Han army, also quickly defeated, either killed in battle, surrendered, tied up.

Tong Yangzhen had no choice but to draw his sword and kill himself.

……

In just one hour.

Later, the Jin army's Changping camp was breached, killing 7,000 Mongolian cavalry, killing 5,000 iron rods to belong to the Han army, and the remaining nearly 40,000 were attached to the Han army.

For these two characters with contemptible character and good at repeated horizontal jumping, Lu Xiangsheng was extremely disdainful, and advocated that the two should be beheaded, or tied up in Beijing and handed over to the imperial court for disposal.

"Spare your life, we know it's wrong!"

"We will never betray Da Ming again, if we break our oath, the sky will thunder and crack, and we will not die well!"

Zu Dashou and Shang Kexi knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, begging for their lives.

Cao Wenzhao, Wu Xiang, Zu Dabi, Wang Yinghui and others, who also belonged to the Guanning military system, pleaded for Zu Dashou, saying that he could still be happy or killed, and Zu Dashou was excusable, so it was better to keep him and let him make meritorious contributions.

"Master Shi Meng, I think it's better for these people to be cut off, they have been shaving their hair for a long time, and they have joined Houjin for many years, and they have no doubt with the Tartars, their heads will definitely be exchanged for 50 taels of silver."

"That's right, there were originally fifty or sixty thousand heads to be beheaded, but these two bastards suddenly turned it right anyway, and it ruined our plan to make money!"

"These people are extremely heinous, all of them are stained with the blood of Han people, and they are the most hateful and murderous people."

The words of Yang Yufan, Wang Hong, and Deng Xi, the three general soldiers, made Zu Dashou and Shang Kexi tremble, and they had to kowtow desperately to confess their guilt and beg for mercy.

"Master Shi Meng, what do you say you should do, this matter is up to you."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Shi Yong at the top, and still felt very distorted, after all, he was a high-ranking official of the imperial court and a high-ranking general, but he obeyed a general from the merchant force, which made him feel absurd and absurd, but he had to abide by the agreement and temporarily obey the drive and arrangement of this Shi Alliance master.

And Cao Wenzhao, Wu Xiang and others also have a similar sense of absurdity.

Only Yang, Wang, and Deng, the three general soldiers who cooperated more with Xu Jiazhuang, did not feel that there was anything wrong, but responded and obeyed positively.

Because the cooperation with Xu Jiazhuang is so pleasant, they don't need to fight for any leadership.

Moreover, Xujiazhuang's accompanying caravan can ensure that the logistics and materials are always sufficient, can help you realize the loot in time, can pay the bounty immediately, without a moment's delay, and can also provide extremely accurate information and make efficient and correct decisions.

Cooperating with Xujiazhuang, there is no need to fight for any leadership and dominance, as long as you are comfortable and lie down to win, and you can make a fortune, why bother with extraneous branches.

Seeing so many court generals and high-ranking officials looking at him, waiting for him to make up his mind.

Shi Yong thought for a while and said: "Let these Han troops who have surrendered anyway, as the vanguard, go to attack Juyong Pass, Huang Taiji sent three thousand Eight Banner elites to defend after Juyong Pass, and his eldest son Haoge served as the guard, and then the main force of the Jin army has not gone far, as long as we can break through Juyong Pass as quickly as possible, we can catch the tail of Huang Taiji, so that they must leave something, don't want to return to Liaodong safely." ”

"As for these surrendered Han troops, let's die, their heads can still be used in exchange for rewards, and it will also greatly reduce the casualties of our attack, killing more birds with one stone, what do you think?"

Shi Yong said.

"Yes, waste utilization, that's fine." Lu Xiangsheng nodded.

"Hahaha, these Han troops were originally used by Jiannu to attack the city, and now they are back to their old jobs." Yang Yufan laughed.

Cao Wenzhao, Wu Xiang and others felt incredibly wide-eyed, Xu Jiazhuang's style of acting, it can really be called the word 'pragmatic', if it is replaced by a civil official from the imperial court to lead the troops, they will never make the decision to take the surrender troops to fight a war of attrition, but will repay the grievances with virtue, give the surrendered people quite good treatment, the attitude will be very tolerant, take the surrendered troops to consume the enemy, they can't do this kind of thing that is not in line with the benevolence and righteousness of the saints.

But this Shi Yong did not hesitate to consume these surrendered soldiers, and also raised the idea of their heads, and he would not let them go if he died.

For such a style of acting, Cao Wenzhao, Wu Xiang and others are not opposed to rejection, but are glad that they are on the side of Xu Jiazhuang, rather than becoming an opponent, otherwise it will definitely be a nightmare.

Zu Dashou and Shang Kexi also widened their eyes, it was difficult to accept such an arrangement, and they were just about to express their dissatisfaction with the protest, when they saw Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Yufan and others with their hands on the hilt of the knife, and they were shrouded in countless murderous aura, so they had to accept the arrangement and obediently accept their fate.

……

October 6th.

Ju Yong closed down, and there was an earth-shattering shouting of killing.

"Rush, kill!"

"The defenders are only three thousand, and our number is more than ten times theirs, as long as we work hard, we will definitely survive!"

"You abandoned us, and now we want revenge!"

"This is all forced by you, let me die!"

"I wanted to kill you a long time ago!"

“……”

Countless Han troops anyway, using ladders and other rudimentary tools, launched an ant-attached attack on Juyong Pass, wave after wave, from the morning to the afternoon, under the small pass, the corpses of nearly 20,000 people were piled up, at least five or six meters high, more than half the height of the city wall of Juyong Pass, it can be said that it was shocking, and the blood flowed like a river.

But those Han troops have no way to retreat anyway, no matter how heavy the casualties are, they can only launch waves of desperate charges, because behind them is the Xu Jiajun Commander team with a horse chopping knife, and those who dare to retreat will die tragically under the horse chopping knife.

If the leader of the Han army was still gratifying, he wanted to escape with his subordinates because he couldn't go on patrol, but wanted to escape with his subordinates, and was slashed in half by a horse sword.

And Ju Yong's three thousand eight banner elites such as Haoge, who closed the defense, cut from morning to afternoon, had no time to eat, couldn't take care of two sips of water, shot all the arrows, and cut several big knives in his hands, tired to exhaustion, but couldn't stop and rest at all.

And under the attack of many Han troops, the elite of the three thousand eight banners has been lost in half, and now there are only one and five left, and they are all exhausted to the limit.

"Hold on a little longer, Father Khan wants us to hold on until eight days, and we have to hold on for two more days!"

Hauge said cheering everyone on.

Suddenly!

A number of pimples of iron that spewed white smoke were thrown at the top of the city, and one of them landed at Hauge's feet.

Hauge realized that something was wrong, but his tired body couldn't react, so he heard a loud bang!

"Lord Belle!"

"Lord Belle has become a few pieces, Lord Belle is dead in battle!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

More grenades were thrown on the city, and Xu Jiajun made a move, because the time was not early, and this siege battle of Juyong Pass could not be delayed until tomorrow.

"Kill!"

With the assistance of this batch of grenades, this wave of anyway Han troops finally rushed to Juyong Pass, gained a firm foothold, and quickly slaughtered the remaining elites of the Eight Banners, and only a few people escaped.

……

On the morning of October 8.

Outside the Dragon's Gate.

Just with more than 40,000 people from the Eight Banners Headquarters, and a group of high-value captured Houjin troops, they entered the vast and desolate prairie.

Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, Dolgon, Shuotuo and others just breathed a sigh of relief on their front feet.

There are two bad news on the back foot!

Juyong Pass was lost, and Belle Haug, who was responsible for the break, and the three thousand elites were wiped out.

Lu Xiangsheng is chasing after the Tianxiong Army, and the speed is extremely fast, and he will be able to catch up immediately!

"Poof~!"

Huang Taiji spurted out a mouthful of blood.

He was already in poor health, overweight, and most likely suffering from diabetes, heart disease and other diseases, but his eyes were dark and he fell into a long darkness.